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Deep in Earth’s past, an icy landscape became a seascape as the ice melted and the oceans rose off what is now the northeastern United States. Nearly 50 years ago, a U.S. government ship searching for minerals and hydrocarbons in the area drilled into the seafloor to see what it could find. It found, of all things, drops to drink …

Stanford University has published a first-of-its-kind study on Tuesday that reveals “the AI revolution” is already beginning to have a “significant and disproportionate impact on entry-level workers in the U.S. labor market,” especially those ages 22 to 25 in highly AI-exposed professions like software engineering and customer service. The research, led by Erik Brynjolfsson, a top economist and AI thought leader of …

First-of-its-kind data shows where displaced New Orleanians landed after Katrina  Axios New Orleans East residents still fighting for neighborhood to be revitalized 20 years after Katrina  WDSU From near ruin to new resilience: How the Mississippi Coast is surviving after Katrina  WWLTV.com One of Hurricane Katrina’s most important lessons isn’t about storm preparations – it’s about injustice  The Conversation Waveland hardware store owner says …

A patient with type 1 diabetes has begun producing his own insulin after receiving a transplant of pancreatic cells. For the first time in humans, these islet cells have been genetically edited so they wouldn’t be rejected by the patient, removing the need for immunosuppressant drugs. Type 1 diabetes usually begins when the immune system mistakenly attacks the islet cells …

For the first time, scientists have captured a real-time view of a human embryo implanting in a laboratory model of a uterus. Being able to witness the complex implantation process may be helpful for advancing fertility procedures, such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), the researchers say. “We have observed that human embryos burrow into the uterus, exerting considerable force during …

More than a year after a digital news outlet and a research group sued the Atlanta Police Foundation for allegedly violating Georgia’s open records law, the foundation has sent plaintiffs nearly 300 pages of records linked to its role as the driving force behind the police training center known as “Cop City”. The outcome “opens the door to what we …